Window shade and curtain holder device.



T. S. PLIKEBD. WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN HOLDER DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. v, 1908.

909,458 Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

'THOMAS s. PLIKERD, or DELPHOS, OHIO.

WINDOW SHADE -AND CURTAIN HOLDER DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Application filed April 7, 1908. Serial No. 425,664.

vTo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS S. PLIKERD, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at Del phos, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window.Shade and Curtain Holder Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to an improvement in a window shade and curtain-holder, and has for its object the provision of means for facilitating the supporting of a curtain-pole and a window-shade upon a window frame.

Another object of this invention is the construction of a device which can be adjusted to different positions upon a window frame for accommodating shades or poles of different lengths, and said device comprises a minimum number of parts, is simple in operation, and comparatively inexpensive to construct or manufacture.

With these and other ob ects in View, this inventlon conslsts of certain novel construetions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as Wlll be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dev ce constructed in accordance wlth the present lnvent-ion, showing the same as it ap ears when attached to a window vation of the bracket.

fixed jaw At the opposite end of the straight body 1 and, preferably, positioned at right-angles and lutegral therewith, is an 'apertured extension t. Threaded into the aperture'of extension 4 is a thumb-screw or bolt'5, which bolt normally engages, at its inner end, the sliding jaw carried by and slidably mounted upon the body or straight bar-portion 1 of the clamp.

.wardly bulged portion 17.

end in an outwardly-extendin The sliding jaw comprises an angle-body portion, including portions 6 and 7. 1ntegral with the outer portion 6 is a sharpened or penetrating point 8, which is adapted to be forced into the frame The portion 7 is, preferably, formed at rightangles to portions 6, and the outer end of said, portion terminates in an angularly-disposed lug 10, The lug 10 is provided withfirn'elongated aperture 11. Integral with the inner ends of portions 7 and 8, and parallel with luglO, is an auxiliary lug 12, which is also provided with an elongated aperture 11. The aper tures 11 register, and prior tothe bending of the apertured extension 4 at an angle to the bod portion 1, said sliding aw, through the me him of apertures 11, is slid upon the body, and vsaid jaw may, normally, slide longitudinally of the straight, flat body 1.

When it is'desired to secure the clamp to the window frame 9, all that is necessary is to thread the bolt or screw outward and adjust the clamp upon the frame so that the fixed jaw engages one side of the frame, and the sliding aw is positioned contiguous to the other side, and, then, by rotating the bolt 5, for causing said bolt to move inward, said bolt will eventually engage the outer face of portion 6 and the sliding jaw will force the penetrating point of portion 8 of said jaw into the frame, and at the same time will force the point or portion 3 into the frame, thereby fixedly securing the clamp in an adjusted position upon said frame. j j

The bracket of the device is formed from a single piece or strip ofresilient metal and tion 17, conformed to the shape of the body 1, so that said body is normally positioned between the vertical portion 13 and the out- The parallel or a1,i;\'iliary-p0rtion 16 terminates at its upper right-angle portion 18; the outer end of portion 18 is twisted, as at 19, and its upper end is positioned in a vertical plane and is provided with a shade-receiving socket or notch constituting shade-holding means, as itis immaterial whether theholding means 20 is a notch rovided with parallel walls, or Whether it is an aperture for receiving the stub-shaft, which is usually secured to. one end of a shade. The portions 13 and 16 are provided with registerin apertures 21; the aperture 21 in portion 16 l aeing formed above the bulged portion 17. In the apertures 21 is positioned a clamping member, for instance, screw 22, which screw is threaded at its inner end into aperture 21 of portion 13, thereby clamping the bulged portion 17 upon the body 1 of the clamp and securing the vertical bracket in an adjusted position.

By reason of this fastening means, for se-.

curing portions 13 and 16 together, it will be noted that I have provided a single-piece bracket for supporting a curtain-pole and a shade,wh ich is provided with .parallel portions, having clamping or gripping means bracket longitudinally of the for holding said bracket in an adjusted position upon a clamp, whereby the single device can be used upon a window, or,up'on widows, for supporting shades or curtainpoles of different lengths. When it is desired to adjust the bracket upon the body of the clamp, all that is necessary is to loosen screw 22 and slide said raight, flat body 1-to the'desired position. I have only described one device, but it will be obvious that two. devices will be necessary upon a' frame for supporting the ends of a shade or curtain-pole, or both. The device is artistic in appearance, and the bracket is exceed ingly simple in structure, as well as efiicient in operation. Owing to the resiliency of the bracket, the same may be assembled with the body 1 of the clamp by inserting the apertured extension 4 into the bulged portion 17 before bending said end. 4, to its right-angled position, or by spreading the portions 13 and 16 apart, the body 1 can be placed between said portions and in the bulged portions 17 by merely removing the clamp from 0d of the support; subsequently, the portions 17 and 13 can be held together and the slidable bracket secured in an adjusted osition' upon the body 1 by means of the astening member or screw 22.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the character described. the combination with a clamp provided with a body portion, of .a bracket slidably mounted upon said-body portion, said bracket formed from a single piece of resilient material andcomprising a vertical portion provided at its upper end with an angularly-disposed portion, said angularlydisposed portion provided with a curtain-.

pole receiving socket, said vertical portion provided at its lower end with an integral portion bent back thereon, and producing a parallel portion provided with a bulge portion intermediate its ends, the bev of the clamp positioned in said bulged no. LlOIl,

the parallel portion together for causing the bulged portion to clamp said body portion and secure the bracket in an adjusted position upon the body of the clamp, said parallel portion provided at its upper cndwith an angularly-disposed portion, and said angularly-disposed portion twisted at its outer end and the twisted portion terminatbracket formed from a single-piece and pro vided with an outer and an inner portion, the outer portion provided with an angu larly-disposed extension, said extension pro inner portion provided 'With an angularlydisposed portion, said last-mentioned angularly-disposed portion overhanging the ex tension and provided with pole-receiving ing means and the first-mentioned angularly-disposed portion.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination of a clamp, provided with a body terminating at its ends in angular lydisposed extensions, one extension provided with a penetrating portion, the other extension provided with an aperture, a thumb a slidable jaw carried%by said body and engaged by said thuiii "-bol't onscrew, said. sliding jaw comprising an angle-body prosaid last named body provided with a pair of parallel apertured lugs, the first-med upon the first-mentioned body. 5. Inaidevi'ce of he character described, the combination of a clamp compris ng a.

means fastening said-vertical portio and .ing in vertical shade-receiving or supporting .slidably mounted upon said support, said vided with shade-supporting means, said means positioned beyond the shade-supportv bolt or screw threaded into said aperture,

its

vided near one end' with a penetrating point,

body provided at one endwith a fixed aw 129 tioned body positioned the apertures of said lugs, and a bracket, slidably mounted and at its opposite end with afight-angled upertured-extenslon, an adgustlng member threaded into said extensiome slidable jaw normally engaging the inner end of said adjusting member, said jaw comprising an angled-body provided with a panof apertured luge surroundlng the bed of the clamp, and a bracketshdably mounted upon the body 01 the clamp between the fixed and sliding jaws. 10' In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signatm'e in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS S. PLIKERD.

Witnesses JOHN Al QIIER, HERMANN Gom'rn. 

